| Cross-posted: Edition 97 CMCS Media & Festival – Aug 30 |
     Hope August started well! I am pleased to update that views from the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) on former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry have been covered on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Radio. My guest, David Frasser, a privacy lawyer, and I were invited to contribute our ethical views about the public figures to the CBC live show Alberta at Noon on August 7: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-1-alberta-at-noon/clip/16162549-is-anything-private-public-figure on. Additionally, CMCS has been featured on the local news, BlogTO, for its upcoming film festival, scheduled for August 30! Read more here: https://www.blogto.com/events/free-film-fest-vegan-potluck-august-30-toronto/     2025 CMCS Finalists & guests from Eventbrite can participate in a celebratory nut-free vegan potluck party (Suite 305) after final CMCS award nominations and Q/A at the festival (Suite 308) on the 30th. Guests will also have the exciting chance to win raffle prizes—$5 for 1 ticket or $10 for 3 tickets. Vouchers for the potluck participants and tickets for the raffle prizes will be available at our door on the 3rd floor. All proceeds go to our host, Wishbone AR Lab, to support their efforts for all species, the environment, and climate justice. Wishbone is located at 600 Bay St. (in between Roywoods and the former Coach Canada Terminal, across Dundas St.) in downtown Toronto. Please note that our venue is located in an old, charitable building with a vintage elevator. All attendees can press the doorbell or call +16479045285 for entry. Here is a glimpse of our film programme, featuring CMCS Finalists, selected for screenings in Toronto: Venue: Suite 308, Wishbone 600 Bay St. (3rd Floor) Toronto M5G 1M6 wishbonearlab@gmail.com Programme 5 pm – Entry 5:30 pm – Screenings Finalists: The Animal Climate Controversy Ray Kowalchuk understory Kate MacAlister & Moritz V:3res Distorted Reality Christine Sawka Fraser Meant for More Documentary Dion Wiebe Shadow Boxing Arwen Mercado Family Video Kiera Obbard I am an Octopus Anita Krajnc Queen Bree Christine Sawka Fraser We Hold Their Grief in Our Hands Carlie Sherry 6:30-7 pm Award Nominations and Raffle Prizes 7-8 pm Afterparty If you are not in Toronto but wish to attend the film festival online, you can join us here. We are proud of CMCS guests who supported our latest film panels, featuring Carlie Sherry, Arwen Mercado, and Myah Stokes. Special acknowledgements go to Ian Dixon, Sheersha Perera, Nidhi Shrivastava, Kiera Obbard, Anastasia Antonakaki, Ken Holmes, Karen Klami, and Arielle Jordan. Finalists The Passions of the Soul (Dir. Emile Buyls) and We Still Need the Village (Dir. Christine Sawka Fraser) will be announced for our festival in Lisbon in 2025-2026. Production  BUTTERFLY (2025) – Short Film CMCS and The Lab just received two film honours for its short film Butterfly (Dir. Krystof Keshav)! Congratulations to the co-writers Krystof Keshav & Marko Mitic, and my fellow cast Célia Ramos, Rafael Boeno, Alfredo José Paixão, and David Gill. That’s all for now! For media, production, or speaking inquiries, contact info@cmc-centre.com. Please feel free to also share this edition with friends, educators, and creatives, exploring production and art within and beyond celebrity culture. Have a great end to August and see you next Saturday, the 30th! Kind regards, Samita Nandy Director, Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) Member, Feminist Media Studio, Concordia University (Montreal) URL: https://cmc-centre.com/ IG https://www.instagram.com/cmcs_media/ https://feministmediastudio.ca/dr-samita-nandy Launched in 2013, the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) is an international research and production network that coordinates media commentaries within and beyond celebrity culture. We now proudly sponsor the IMDb-registered Wall of Fame – an international film festival that celebrates and screens unique moving images overlooked in the tabloid politics & economy of fame. Located in Toronto and Lisbon, the festival is based on our conference series and publications, which can be accessed on our website www.cmc-centre.com |
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